London, Apr.17 (BNA): The overall number of people who contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) surpassed 501.83 million worldwide.
The pandemic claimed the lives of 6,591,486 have died since it first broke out, according to a Reuters tally.
The United States reported the world’s highest number of infections and deaths with 80,601,182 and 989,837 respectively followed by India with 43,040,331 and 521,747 respectively.
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